The Neverending Story

Free Republic | 3/24/01 | The NES Crew

[OLD REGGIE]

I can't speak for Vince, but I've only ever seen it in the half-hour NFL Films version. That was exciting enough.

The story is interesting because of the conditions but the game was slow and unexciting. Neither team could do much except shiver.

BTW did the film show that one of the Packers linemen moved just before the snap? Even if the official saw it he wasn't about to call a penalty. He wanted to get the hell off the field.

SuperBowl III is another example of a classic game because of it's import but, as a football game, rather dull.

Now the two SuperBowl wins by the Pat's is a different story. EXCITING!!!

[OLD REGGIE]

One of the Boston Globe reporters today described the Patriots field as "mushy tundra". At least that is technically more accurate than "frozen tundra". :-)

[SoothingDave]

Gillette Stadium Field to Be Covered

SD

[malakhi]

Now the two SuperBowl wins by the Pat's is a different story. EXCITING!!!

Not that either of us are biased, or anything. ;o)

[malakhi]

One of the Boston Globe reporters today described the Patriots field as "mushy tundra". At least that is technically more accurate than "frozen tundra". :-)

We have the "TM" on "frozen tundra", but ya'll can have "slushy tundra, if you want. ;o)

[malakhi]

Gillette Stadium Field to Be Covered

Did they give the commission for the work to Christo and Jean-Claude? ;o)

[OLD REGGIE]

Gillette Stadium Field to Be Covered

Sure, they covered it when the NFL reps came to town.

Do you wanna bet the field is a little sloppy?

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Lol. The Randy Moss thread? I wasn't dissing the Packers. I just suggested he do the Jim Carey thing and talk to you Packer fans while he was bent over. :-)

[SoothingDave]

Sure, they covered it when the NFL reps came to town.

It seems the NFL rules say you have to cover it for two nights before the game. So there's nothing illicit going on.

Do you wanna bet the field is a little sloppy?

As long as they don't have a guy with a hose out there, I'm in favor of using whatever advantage you've got. If teams want to live by the pass and play indoors, they better make sure to get home field advantage.

SD

[Invincibly Ignorant]

I'm just used to being in this mode because my cousin is an obnoxious packer fan. :-)

[OLD REGGIE]

Not that either of us are biased, or anything. ;o)

Maybe a little biased but the games really were exciting. How many SuperBowls were won on the last play of the game?

How many SuperBowls were won on a field goal with 4 seconds to play?

Where my real bias shows is in my willingness to call any game exciting when the old AFL teams beat an NFL team and, since the merger, when an AFC team beats a NFC team.

[malakhi]

Lol. The Randy Moss thread? I wasn't dissing the Packers. I just suggested he do the Jim Carey thing and talk to you Packer fans while he was bent over. :-)

I was thinking more along the lines of this little comment:

These idiotic Packer fans put cheese on their heads and they're gonna fine Moss for bending over with his clothes on?

;o)

[SoothingDave]

Maybe a little biased but the games really were exciting. How many SuperBowls were won on the last play of the game? How many SuperBowls were won on a field goal with 4 seconds to play?

We've had a good stretch of tight Super Bowl games. Even that year Tennesse lost to the Rams, they were just a few yards from scoring when time ran out.

Of course, this year we'll be talking about the comercials and the boring half-time show. Game ain't gonna be close.

SD

[OLD REGGIE]

We have the "TM" on "frozen tundra", but ya'll can have "slushy tundra, if you want. ;o)

'Splain to me how it can be frozen and still be tundra. Dumb hicks!

BTW, he didn't say "slushy", he said "mushy".

[malakhi]

I'm just used to being in this mode because my cousin is an obnoxious packer fan. :-)

Really? Where does he/she live?

[malakhi]

Of course, this year we'll be talking about the comercials and the boring half-time show. Game ain't gonna be close.

You just never know. That's what they said about the Rams vs. the underdog Patriots three years ago.

[malakhi]

'Splain to me how it can be frozen and still be tundra. Dumb hicks!

"Tundra" is frozen solid in the winter. In the summer, the surface thaws, but permafrost remains inches or feet underground. "Frozen tundra", then, refers to the conditions of tundra in the wintertime. See, wasn't that simple? ;o)

BTW, he didn't say "slushy", he said "mushy".

I know, but "slushy tundra" sounds better. :o)

[malakhi]

Naked Jogger Tasered, Arrested By Arkansas Police

[OLD REGGIE]

Of course, this year we'll be talking about the comercials and the boring half-time show. Game ain't gonna be close.

Shouldn't be close! Remember, the Colts were 19 point favorites in SuperBowl III and the Rams were 14 point favorites in SuperBowl XXXVI.

The AFC team should be a heavy favorite but......

[OLD REGGIE]

"Tundra" is frozen solid in the winter. In the summer, the surface thaws, but permafrost remains inches or feet underground. "Frozen tundra", then, refers to the conditions of tundra in the wintertime. See, wasn't that simple? ;o)

Simple? Yes. Accurate? No. Satisfactory for a Packer fan? Yes.

" a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil,..."